Review of Top Speed

Top Speed (1930)
6/10
big names in cast - early talkie
17 March 2019
Historically speaking, you couldn't ask for a better cast -- Joe Brown, Frank McHugh, Edwin Maxwell, Bernice Claire. All pros! this was a pretty early talkie, and a couple years before the film code, so they could still make naughty jokes and prance around in their underwear. BUT.... some annoying ingredients here.. I personally find Joe Brown's over-acting annoying, as well as that loud, long noise he makes every couple minutes. and one of the women had that horrible little baby voice that apparently so many women had back then. and did there have to be so many song and dance numbers? really slowed things down. some fun word-play by the cast. and i always like films that have Frank McHugh. Looks like this one was filmed at an actual lakeside resort in Norco California. must have been fun for the cast! directed by Mervyn Leroy when he was just getting started. Pretty good!
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